Detachable handle for containers



1. BACHRIK.

DETACHABLE HANDLE FOR CONTAINERS.

APPucAloN man AuG.5, i920.

Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

/4' Inventur 1 chrk Attnrneljs UNITE TENT FFICE.'

JOSEPH BCHRK, 0F SETETEDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

i. DETACHABLE HANDLE FOR CONTAINERS.

Application filed August 5, 1920. Serial No. 401,447.

To all whom t may concer/2t.'

Be it lrnown that l, Josnr-rBAonnin, a citizen of the United: States, residing at Smithdale, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in De tachable Handles for Containers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in detachable handles for containers.

An important object of the invention is the provision of a handlewhich may easily and conveniently be attached to a container for lifting or carrying the same.

A further object of the invention is the provision ofan adjustable handle of the above character which can be attached to various sized tubs, or containers.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an adjustable tub handle which simulates the construction of an ordinary container handle, and is adapted to be deH tachably placed upon a container for use in the same manner as a stationary permanently placed handle.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a tub or container handle of the above described character, which is primarily adapted to replace broken tub handles or the like.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent in the course of the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification and in which like reference characters designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a container having the improved tub handles mounted thereon.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of an improved tub handle showing the manner of attachment to a container. v

Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the detachable tub handle showing the manner of mounting the same upon a container.

In the drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, theletter A designates a tub, or similar container having the clamps B and C mounted thereon, and which clamps pivotally carry a hand gripping element D.

The clamps B and C are similar in construction and comprise a rigid jaw 10, having a surface engaging portion 11 integral therewith; and a depending leg 12 provided with a screw threaded aperture 13 therein, adapted to receive a clamping bolt 14 having screw threads 15 thereon adapted to engage the screw threads of the aperturekll. A. head 16 is mounted upon an end of the holt 14, and which is adapted to engage the surface of a container. It is thus seen that the bolt 141 serves as a movable j aw, the said movable jawbeing connected te the stationary jaw 10 by leg 12 and a section of metal 17 adapted to overlie the top of a container as shown in Figure 2 ef the drawing. It is preferred that the depending leg 12, the stationary jaw 10, and the connection 17 be made a unitary structure, and have an extension 18 provided with an aperture 19 therein, mounted adjacent the depending leg 12.

The hand gripping element D is preferably of ordinary construction, being formed of a single piece of wire, or similar material, having the gripping portion 20 upon which is rotatably mounted a roller 21; and provided with depending legs 22 and 23 provided with overturned portions 24: upon the lower ends thereof, for the purpose of pivotal engagement through the apertures 19 formed upon theclamps B and C. Thus, a complete hand engaging structure D is provided, having a clamp B, and a clamp C on opposite ends thereof. ln this arrangement, the axis or longitudinal run of the hand engaging portion lies in a parallel plane with and transversely of the axis of adjustment of said clamps B and C.

in operation, the device is placed over the odge of a container, in such manner, that the clamping bolts 14- are positioned exteriorly of the tub. They are then rotated within the screw threaded apertures 13 until the head 1G of the clamping bolt 1li advances into engagement with the surface of the container A, and further rotated until the clamp has been rigidly attached to the side of the container A. After the clamps B and C have both been tightened upon the tub a similar device is mounted diametrically opposite upon the container, thus providing a pair of handles, which are rigidly mounted upon a container and can be used for carrying, or conveyance thereof. I

Most tubs, or containers as manufactured today, are provided with handles riveted, or rigidly secured to the sides of the tub, but\vhich however, are not securely mounted thereon when taking into consideration the relatively heavy Weight that the container has to carry. As a result the handles soon become broken, or torn away from the tub, thus rendering the same practically useless as an article for conveyance. Such a container it Will be at once apparent7 can loe retained in use, merely by the attachment of the improved detachable handle as herein set forth.

It is to be understood that the Jform of my invention herewith shown and described is to he taken as a preferred example of the saine, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts, may be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

l. In a detachable handle, the comhination, with a tulo, of a clamp adjustable to fit over the vertical side of said tub, and be detachably clamped thereon, and a complete handle pivotally mounted upon said clamp.

2. In a detachable handle, the combination of a pair of clamps, each of said clamps having a rigid stationary jaw, and an adjustable jaw, a handle comprising a hand gripping portion, and a pair of legs, said legs being pivotally connected in defined relation to said clamps and independent of said clamps engagement with an article.

3. A. handle structure, comprising in combination a pair of substantially U-shaped clamps, each of said clamps including a pair of legs and a connecting portion, a'bolt adjustably engaging in a leg of each of said clamps, said clamps each having an apertured extension thereon at its point of jointure of the bolt carrying leg, and the leg connecting portion, and a handle structure pivot-ally engaging in the apertures of said extensions forconnecting'said clamps, and for movement in defined relation thereto independent of engagement of said clamps with an article.

JOSEPH BACHRIK. 

